BUSINESS/EXECUTIVE ORDERS/SOCIAL MEDIA: “TikTok will be removed from US app stores from midnight on Sunday as Washington implements executive orders from President Donald Trump that also target WeChat, a Chinese social media app…
The removal of TikTok and WeChat from US app stores implements two executive orders issued last month by Mr Trump, which said US companies would be barred from dealing with them from September 20. The president later issued a third order that gave ByteDance until November 12 to divest its interests in TikTok in the US…
One senior commerce department official dismissed suggestions that November 12 had been chosen because it was after the US election. Some Trump campaign officials had raised concerns that banning TikTok would hurt the president with younger Americans.”
-Demetri Sevastopulo and James Fontanella-Khan, “TikTok to be banned from US app stores from Sunday,” ft.com, Sep. 18, 2020